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�鶹��, Business Planner and Angel Investor

Tim Berry is the chairman of Eugene, Ore.-, which produces business-planning software. He founded and wrote , published by �鶹�� Press. Berry is also a co-founder of , a leader in a local angel-investment group and a judge of international business-plan competitions.

More From Tim Berry

Building a Business

How to Estimate Startup Costs

Get an idea of how much money you'll need by creating three quick lists and making a few educated guesses.

Building a Business

Five Critical Questions Your Business Plan Should Answer

Answering these questions periodically can help keep long-term goals in mind while you adjust your immediate steps and actions.

Business Accounting

Seven Cringe-Worthy Business-Plan Mistakes

Follow these tips to dodge some of the most common planning pitfalls.

Business Plan

A Better Business Plan Can Lead to New Customers

These four steps can help get you on your way to enhancing and expanding your client base.

Thought Leaders

How Business Planning Leads to Better Management

Here are three steps to help get you planning better, and putting those plans in motion.

Human Resources

Better Management: A Business Planning Test

Having a simple plan for internal management can be key to business success. Do you have one?

Building a Business

Let Your ‘Story’ Frame Your Business Plan

Don't think of it as a formal document but as a collection of your stories, combined with concrete goals.

Building a Business

The Two Worst Pitching Mistakes

Understanding the medium and the context is key to making a compelling pitch.

Business Plan

Business Planning for the ‘Lean Startup’

This next-generation strategy calls for planning--and revising--as you go.

Building a Business

5 Easy Ways to Kick-start Your Business Planning

Don't know where to start with your plan? Here are some tips to get you going--today.

Business Plan

In Business Planning, Form Follows Function

Your plan should be functional and be a tool for managing your business growth.

Building a Business

Business Plans for Bootstrappers

Whether seeking investors or not, every business needs a plan.

Thought Leaders

Is Your Business Plan On Track?

Tips to help track and tweak your business plan beyond the startup phase

Building a Business

Five Harmful Myths About Business Plans

Believing these lies could be hazardous to your business.

Marketing

10 Ways to Validate a Sales Forecast

Even without data, there are other ways to test your projections.

Building a Business

A Good Year for Business Planning

3 reasons businesses will benefit from better planning in 2010.

Business News

My Planning’s Off. What Now?

Here are 3 steps to take when your business plan doesn't match the actual.

Building a Business

Testing Your Values, Living Your Brand

Build your business plan around core values and never forget what those values are.

Business Plan

6 Business Plan Fundamentals

A downturn is a good time to make sure you've got the fundamentals covered.

Building a Business

6 Components of a Bootstrap Business Plan

A business plan for a self-funded startup can be stripped down, but that makes it no less important.

Building a Business

A Case Study: Real-Life Business Planning

A planning meeting should set the foundation for real strategy, not set forth the strategy itself. Find out how one company made the most of its two-day session.